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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #30 on: January 14, 2013, 01:26:39 PM »
I just did an audit for a client with a rather large Magento shop and they had 1,2 mio pages indexed. Way way more than the # of products and categories. IMO one the biggest issues for Magento is dupe content issues as you can call a product from a wide range of url's.

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #31 on: January 14, 2013, 02:48:05 PM »
You get it with all carts TBH
With the sort feature, no. product per pages, tags etc it's a minefield.
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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #32 on: January 14, 2013, 03:01:49 PM »
If that's the case shouldn't a module for creating a proper robots.txt for each specific cart platform be all the rage?

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #33 on: January 18, 2013, 06:13:20 AM »
I use the plugin redirection to try and control dupe content on wordpress (not that I have done it on all mainly client sites). It is also good for creating pretty urls for QR Codes, redirecting old products to similar live products etc ie with one client we bought a relevant domain just for their mailshots to redirect and track clicks with a small, relevant and pretty url.

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #34 on: April 29, 2013, 10:45:01 AM »
Hi, I am new to ecommerce and I've been hearing of the woes of working with Magento and the praises of Woocommerce. I am more tending to Woocommerce to start my first online store. My concern though is if Woocommerce is scalable enough to handle my store's growth when it moves beyond 2000 products and/sku's, say 30,000 - as I intend on growing my store(s) as the primary business model (and not just as a supplement to a main brick n mortar version store). I am also considering the possibility of Prestashop, but due to the ease of use and stability of the Wordpress platform... my tendency is Woocommerce in this planning phase... any advice?

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #35 on: May 01, 2013, 11:31:25 AM »
If you know your way round Wordpress then it's a brilliant system to get yourself up and running.
It's simple and there are lots of plugins to get the functionality you want (mostly paid tho), plus if you want to you can push it even further if you need too with a bit of coding knowledge.

Another system worthwhile looking at if you new to it all is Shopify.
Out of all the ecommmerce systems I've looked at, this system removes all the confusing and distracting extras and purely focuses on getting the site up and running.
Lots of businesses have started with shopfiy to tests the waters then changed systems once they can see potential in the business.
By this time, you should have money to invest to get help in building the site to your personal requirements.
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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #36 on: May 01, 2013, 06:10:26 PM »
I am in the middle of setting up a store in Shopify. Overall it is pretty decent but it always seems like there is something I want to do that it can't. Or maybe it can but a dolt like me without much in the way of programming experience can't get it to do it. There are tons of themes and plugins for it though.

The whole system is a bit buggy but nothing that is a deal killer. I was looking at WooCommerce and SquareSpace and ended up going with Shopify.

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #37 on: May 01, 2013, 06:30:35 PM »
Yea, with shopfiy i kept feeling something was missing. I wanted to push it further and further, but that's just me in the never ending tweaking cycle.
But that's not what shopify is about. In some ways it's a blessing.
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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #38 on: May 04, 2013, 04:12:39 PM »
Thanks for the response... but I really still would like to know if woocoommerce can handle product catalogs that are over 2000 products... is there anybody out there with the experience with this "newcomer" that can offer some insight?

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #39 on: May 05, 2013, 03:04:56 AM »

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #40 on: May 05, 2013, 01:53:20 PM »
Thanks for the response... but I really still would like to know if woocoommerce can handle product catalogs that are over 2000 products... is there anybody out there with the experience with this "newcomer" that can offer some insight?

My biggest Wordpress site - non-Woocommerce - has nearly 20k posts and no problems, so I would be surprised if Woocommerce had problems handling tens of thousands of products.

Magento is a complete joke and nothing more than OSCommerce rebranded and done worse.

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #41 on: September 25, 2013, 02:20:43 PM »
Some e-Commerce experts claim that WooCommerce is one of the most fast growing platform. Comparing with Magento it is considerably easier in administration. I agree with guys that a lot of store owners move from Magento to WooCommerce.   

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #42 on: September 25, 2013, 02:42:42 PM »
I don't really like either, but I do find it an odd comparison.  To me they are serving different markets.  I can't think of many stores when I would be tossing up between those two choices.

What Magento have done really well though is to persuade store owners that they are the right choice.  I had another this week: We proposed a solution using the right platform for their particular requirements.  What they wanted would have been a nightmare with Magento.  Response from the client:

"We love what you have proposed and we we really get what you are about and want to work with you. However we have decided that we are going to use Magento. Would you consider becoming Magento partners?"

No I bloody won't.  To do what they need in magento is going to triple their cost and they know it.  Yet someone told them it is what they should be using and so that is what they will be using.

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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #43 on: September 25, 2013, 03:28:06 PM »
>someone told them it is what they should be using

Probably their mate down the pub whos dabbled in dreamweaver
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Re: Magento vs Woocommerce
« Reply #44 on: September 27, 2013, 01:05:55 PM »
Lol yes the great debates, I have had many where people have never worked with the alternative or even Magento for that matter who have battled for Magento with complete and utter confidence that this is the only platform to work with. I have been batting woocommerce since before it's release back in beta development with the Jigoshop team. It has grown rapidly and has gained traction, which has been fantastic. However, unfortunately the woo team have made some key decisions this year which I believe will significantly affect the platforms future unless they retract and develop a different model. If they don't, I see interest waning and the commercial viability being less enticing to push further major development. The market is now ripe for another solution to come up from the back runners, Jigoshop if played right could be back in with a chance of taking the lead or we may see a brand new solution sprout through. It is a shame, I do hope they manage to continue and that I am wrong, I will still run with them for now but expect I will be changing platforms in a couple of years time. However it certainly won't be to Magento.